Split Java String into Two String using delimiter

Question

I have a string that has the value of name:score. I want to split the string into two strings, string a with the value of name and string b with the value of score.

What is the correct function/syntax to do this?

I have looked at string.split, but can not find the actual syntax to return the data into two separate strings.

Answer 1

The split function is suitable for that :

String[] str_array = "name:score".split(":");
String stringa = str_array[0]; 
String stringb = str_array[1];

Answer 2

You need to look into Regular Expressions:

String[] s = myString.split("\\:"); // escape the colon just in case as it has special meaning in a regex

Or you can also use a StringTokenizer.